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[Dillard Family of Virginia]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM JOSEPH S. DILLARD OF BUCKINGHAM, VIRGINIA, TO HIS BROTHER, COLONEL JAMES DILLLARD OF RICHMOND, JANUARY 6, 1822, ADVISING OF "THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT OF MY LAND AND IN WHOSE NAME IT WAS FIRST PATENTED."

Buckingham VA: 1822. [4] pp, entirely in ink manuscript. Folded for mailing, with several tears on blank portion of final leaf. Addressed to "Colol. James F. Dillard | Richmond Va." Good+. Joseph advises that "from the best information I am able to obtain, it was taken up in the name..... More

Price: $125.00

[Virginia]:

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR THOMAS M. RANDOLPH SIGNS AND GRANTS TITLE TO A THREE-AND-ONE-HALF ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN AMHERST COUNTY, TO JAMES DILLARD, 12 NOVEMBER 1821.

[Richmond? 1821]. Document printed on parchment and completed in manuscript. 15" x 11-3/4." Old folds. Signed at the end by Randolph in ink, with seal attached. Old folds, Very Good. "THOMAS M. RANDOLPH ESQ. GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: KNOW..... More

Price: $450.00

[Virginia]:

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR BEVERLEY RANDOLPH SIGNS AND GRANTS TITLE TO A FOUR-HUNDRED-ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO JAMES DILLARD, 14 OCTOBER 1789.

[Richmond: 1789]. Document printed on parchment and completed in manuscript. 13" x 14-1/2." Old folds. Signed at the end by Randolph in ink, with seal attached. Old folds, Very Good. "BEVERLEY RANDOLPH ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: KNOW YE..... More

Price: $500.00

Starke, Richard:

THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITY OF A JUSTICE OF PEACE EXPLAINED AND DIGESTED, UNDER PROPER TITLES. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, FULL AND CORRECT PRECEDENTS OF ALL KINDS OF PROCESS NECESSARY TO BE USED BY MAGISTRATES; IN WHICH ALSO THE DUTIES OF SHERIFFS, AND OTHER PUBLICK OFFICERS, IS PROPERLY DISCUSSED.

Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, 1774. [4], 353, [3] pages. Scattered light to moderate foxing. Original calf [rubbed, boards detached but rehinged with tape internally], gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Contemporary owner signature and inscriptions. Good+. The Preface asserts the necessity "in this Colony" for this Treatise..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Crittenden, John J.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JOHN B. TEMPLE, 15 SEPTEMBER 1847, CONCERNING CRITTENDEN'S RECOMMENDATION TO KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR OF JOHN B. PEYTON FOR A POSITION IN THE MILITIA.

Frankfort: 1847. Single sheet, with closing remarks and signature of Crittenden on six lines of the verso. Margin toned with crude repair, affecting the final two letters of Crittenden's signature. Good+. Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was a successful politician from the Border State of Kentucky. His..... More

Price: $500.00

Confederate Tennessee Slave Replevin Case:

"STATE OF TENNESSEE, CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE COMMON LAW AND CHANCERY COURT OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS 12 DAY OF JUNE 1861. ANNE M. COGSWELL, PLAINTIFF VERSUS D.F. JACKSON & J.C. MCMURREY, DEFENDANT. "ANNE M COGSWELL MAKES OATH IN DUE FORM OF LAW, THAT ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF HER KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND BELIEF THAT SHE IS ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO WIT: ONE NEGRO BOY JEFF - AGED 27 YEARS WORTH $1000 WHICH PROPERTY IS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF SAID DEFENDANT. . . SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, THIS 12 DAY OF JUNE, 1861. MARCUS DWIGHT, CLERK BY A.J. WHEELER, DEPUTY CLERK. "ANNE M. COGSWELL"

Folio broadside, 8" x 12-1/2". Partly printed form completed in ink manuscript. Light toning, old folds, a few short fold splits [no loss]. Signed by A.J. Wheeler as Deputy Clerk and Anna M. Cogswell. Very Good. This claim was brought just days after Tennessee voted to join the Confederate..... More

Price: $375.00

[Alabama in the Confederacy]:

TEN LETTERS, ENTIRELY IN INK MANUSCRIPT, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR ANDREW B. MOORE, DURING JANUARY - APRIL 1861, SEEKING APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICES IN ALABAMA'S POST-SECESSION GOVERNMENT.

January - April 1861. Each letter 1-4 pp, in legible ink manuscript, and usually docketed. The supplicants write from Demopolis, Marion, Montgomery, Haynesville, the Exchange Hotel [Montgomery]. Very Good. Alabama seceded on January 11, 1861. Our first letter is dated January 28, from several Demopolis citizens [Nathan B. Whitefield, Howard..... More

Price: $1,500.00

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY GEORGE N. MORRIS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, WHO CLAIMS HE...

[Confederate Conscription]:

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY GEORGE N. MORRIS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, WHO CLAIMS HE IS BEYOND THE AGE OF COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE, FEBRUARY 1865.

Pale blue folio sheet, folded to [4] pp. Written in ink manuscript on lined paper. Old folds, couple of closed tears. Else Very Good. The Petition on the first page, Morris's certification and oath on the second page, third page blank, final page docketed with notes: "Petition of George N...... More

Price: $500.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM F.S. LYON OF DEMOPOLIS, TO GOVERNOR A.B. MOORE, 4 MARCH 1861,...

[Alabama in the Confederacy]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM F.S. LYON OF DEMOPOLIS, TO GOVERNOR A.B. MOORE, 4 MARCH 1861, RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. WILLIAM C. ASHE AS SURGEON TO THE REGIMENT WITH RANK OF MAJOR.

Folio sheet, folded to 7-1/2" x 9-3/4." Written in neat ink manuscript on first two pages. Third page blank, docketed on page [4]. Very Good. Francis Strother Lyon [1800-1882], an Alabama lawyer and Democratic politician, wrote this letter to Governor Moore. Lyon had been a Whig Congressman in the 1830s..... More

Price: $275.00

ETCHING AND ENGRAVING FROM CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S 1616 MAP OF NEW ENGLAND: "THE PORTRAICTUER OF...

[Smith, John]:

ETCHING AND ENGRAVING FROM CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S 1616 MAP OF NEW ENGLAND: "THE PORTRAICTUER OF CAPTAYNE JOHN SMITH ADMIRALL OF NEW ENGLAND"

[np: 1780-1820]. Etching and engraving, after Simon van de Passe. 4-3/4" x 8." Near Fine. "Copy of the portrait of John Smith on his 1616 map of New England; half length, to the right, in oval frame with emblems. Inscription content: Lettered around oval 'The Portraictuer of Captayne Iohn..... More

Price: $350.00

MORNING REPORT OF EFFECTIVE STRENGTH. ALLEN'S CAVALRY DIVISION. Confederate Report

[Confederate Report]:

MORNING REPORT OF EFFECTIVE STRENGTH. ALLEN'S CAVALRY DIVISION.

Matthew's Bluff, S.C. 1865 [January 29]. Field-printed broadside, completed in manuscript. Oblong 5-3/4" x 8." Printed specially for ALLEN'S CAVALRY DIVISION. Lightly browned, Very Good. Boldly signed by JAMES HAGAN, as colonel commanding. This Report shows the effective strength of Colonel James Hagan's Brigade, including the 1st, 3d, 4th..... More

Price: $450.00

IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, DEPARTMENT OF LT.-GEN. POLK....

[Polk, Leonidas]:

IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, DEPARTMENT OF LT.-GEN. POLK. SLAVES AND OTHER PROPERTY IMPRESSED UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, UNDER DATE 6TH APRIL, 1863, BY ORDER OF LIEUT.-GENL. L. POLK, COMMANDING DEPARTMENT...

[Marengo County, Alabama: 1864]. Single leaf, printed on recto only, completed in light pencil manuscript. Lightly spotted, else Very Good. The "Impressment Agent" of Marengo County has "impressed and received from Charles Walker in said County, the Slaves and other Property herein specified." The property recorded is a slave, a...... More

Price: $750.00

MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29,...

[Contrabands]:

MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29, 1862. | CIRCULAR | IN FUTURE NO CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE IN ANY REGIMENT OR CORPS EXCEPT UPON AN ORDER COUNTERSIGNED BY THE GEN. COM. BRIGADE. "CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE DURING ONE DAY ONLY, UNLESS SPECIFIED TO THE CONTRARY IN THE ORDER. "NO DETAIL WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE NEGRO CAMP EXCEPT IN CHARGE OF A NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER FROM THE REGIMENTS OR CORPS REQUIRING THEIR SERVICES, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RETURN IN THE EVENING, ALSO FOR THE RETURN OF ANY AND ALL TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS. "ORDERS FOR CONTRABANDS WILL SPECIFY THE NUMBER AND KIND OF TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS REQUIRED WITH THE DETAIL, WHICH THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE WILL RECEIVE OF ONE OF THE SERGEANTS IN CHARGE OF THE NEGRO CAMP, AND RETURN WITH THE DETAIL UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF CONTRABAND. "ALL REGIMENT OR CORPS HAVING TOOLS OR IMPLEMENTS USED BY CONTRABANDS ARE REQUIRED TO TURN THEM OVER WITHOUT DELAY TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS AT THE NEGRO CAMP, TO BE ISSUED IN FUTURE UPON ORDERS, AND WITH CONTRABANDS. "REGIMENTS AND CORPS HAVING CONTRABANDS IN THEIR CAMP WITHOUT AN ORDER ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THEM WITHOUT DELAY TO THE NEGRO CAMP, EXCEPT THOSE EMPLOYED OFFICER SERVANTS. "BY ORDER OF N.A.M. DUDLEY ACTG BRIG GENL | C.A.R. DIMON LT. & A.A.A.G"

Camp Williams Near New Orleans: 1862. Folded folio leaf, written in elegant ink manuscript on recto and verso of first leaf, docketed on final blank ["Capt. Mannings | Mannings Battery," and "copied" written in a different hand]. Old folds, Near Fine. More

Price: $2,500.00

Chilton, W[illiam] P[arish]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CONFEDERATE CONGRESSMAN CHILTON AT RICHMOND, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR JOHN GILL SHORTER, 20 SEPTEMBER 1862, ON PROGRESS AND TACTICS OF THE WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND POLITICAL MATTERS.

Richmond: 1862. Ink manuscript on ruled paper, 5-3/8" x 8-1/8." 8pp, each page filled with Chilton's letter. Old vertical fold with light wear, Very Good. A Whig, Chilton was a Talladega lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Like many Southern Whigs, he opposed secession but, as..... More

Price: $1,500.00

American Anti-Slavery Society:

THE ANTI-SLAVERY RECORD. VOL. III. NO VI. JUNE, 1837. WHOLE NO. 30.

New York: Published for the American Anti-Slavery Society, by R.G. Williams, 143 Nassau Street, 1837. 12mo, original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. 12pp. Moderately foxed, stitched, Good+. Volume III was the third and final volume of this monthly, which ran through December 1837. This issue prints "Slave..... More

Price: $125.00

ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE 19TH OF AUGUST, 1844, TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER,...

[Charleston]:

ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE 19TH OF AUGUST, 1844, TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1854; AND THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELATING TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, DURING THE SAME INTERVAL. COMPILED BY H. PINCKNEY WALKER, BY DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

Charleston: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1854. Original quarter sheep [rubbed, hinges weak]. xvii, [1 blank], 233, [1 blank] pp. Faint blindstamp at base of title page, "Duplicate" in pencil on front free endpaper, scattered light foxing. Very Good. Private bookplate of John Paul Stratton of Charleston on front pastedown. The..... More

Price: $450.00

[Texas]:

JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. A.A. BREELAND [NO. 1904]: "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY | IN THE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE YOU A.A. BREELAND THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFULLY CARRYING ON AND ABOUT HIS PERSON A PISTOL ALLEGED BY THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1891. "THE DEFT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF THE INFORMATION. "YOU ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT THAT IT IS AN OFFENSE MADE PUNISHABLE BY THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE FOR ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL. "IF YOU BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT A.A. BREELAND. . . DID HAVE AND CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL THEN THE DEFT. WOULD BE GUILTY AS CHARGED AND YOU SHOULD SO FIND BY YOUR VERDICT UNLESS YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY UNDER THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION VIZ: "IT IS NO OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL WHEN HE IS CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF ABODE AND SIMPLY TRANSPORTS THE PISTOL FROM HIS OLD RESIDENCE TO THE NEW ONE, AND IF YOU FIND DEFT DID CARRY THE PISTOL AT THE DATE CHARGED AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ONLY TRANSPORTING IT FROM HIS FORMER RESIDENCE TO A NEW ONE TO WHICH HE WAS MOVING OR IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THIS BEING THE CASE YOU WILL ACQUIT DEFT. "YOU ARE THE EXCLUSIVE JUDGES OF THE FACTS PROVED, THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES. "THE DEFT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT TILL HIS GUILT IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL EVIDENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO DEFT'S GUILTY YOU WILL ACQUIT HIM. "IF YOU FIND DEFT GUILTY YOU WILL ASSES HIS PUNISHMENT BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE CO JAIL NOT LESS THAN NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN YOUR DISCRETION. "IF YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY SO SAY AND NO MORE. "JNO H. RICE, CO. JUDGE".

[Navarro Co., Texas]: 1891. Large folio, folded to 8-1/4" x 13-3/4" to make [3], [1 blank] pp. Paper printed with ruled margins, completely in legible ink manuscript. Instructions on first three pages, docketed on final page. Old folds, light wear [occasional short fold splits without loss]. Very Good. Judge..... More

Price: $350.00

BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS, NO. 6. FROM THE N.Y. HERALD OF JULY 19, 1860. IMMENSE...

[Breckinridge and Lane Campaign]:

BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS, NO. 6. FROM THE N.Y. HERALD OF JULY 19, 1860. IMMENSE GATHERING AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ASSEMBLAGES. ENTHUSIASM FOR BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE! TEN THOUSAND DEMOCRATS ON GUARD. IMPORTANT SPEECH OF DANIEL S. DICKINSON. INTERESTING LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, GOV. STEVENS, AND CHARLES O'CONNOR, ETC., ETC., ETC.

Washington: National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Folded folio sheet, lightly dusted with minor wear. Very Good. Breckinridge, Buchanan's Vice President, was the 1860 presidential standard-bearer of the anti-Stephen Douglas branch of the Democratic Party, which had split during the 1860 nominating convention. Douglas had..... More

Price: $375.00

[Texas]:

THE CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED, AND ORDINANCES OF THE CONVENTION OF 1866, TOGETHER WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR DECLARING THE RATIFICATION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. BY AUTHORITY.

Austin: Printed at Gazette Office, by Jo. Walker, State Printer, 1866. 53, [1 blank], [1], ix, [1 blank], 272, [2], xxvii, [1 blank] pp. Separate title page for the Laws of the Eleventh Legislature. Bound in marbled paper over boards and modern quarter morocco. Very Good. The 1866 Constitution was..... More

Price: $1,250.00

INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF DR. E. SMITH DECSD. Slave Owner's Estate Inventory

[Slave Owner's Estate Inventory]:

INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF DR. E. SMITH DECSD.

[Spartanburg, S.C.? c.1839]. Folio sheet, entirely in ink manuscript, folded to four pages, each 8-1/4" x 13-1/4." A couple of fold splits which do not affect text, light soiling. Good+. A lot of people owed Dr. Smith money and wrote promissory notes to him. They are listed here, but "the..... More

Price: $600.00

Percival, John:

CONFESSION, ABSOLUTION, OBLIGATION. THREE SERMONS FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION, BY THE REV. JOHN PERCIVAL, D.D. RECTOR OF THE 'FREE' CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION, NEW ORLEANS. PRICE, FIFTY CENTS.

New Orleans: Printed by L. Graham & Co., 73 Camp street, 1875. Original printed title wrappers [dirty]. Stitched. 36pp, with tipped-in errata slip. Good+. "The want of plain, short and Catholic instruction on great, practical truths, occasions the present alarming increase and progress of speculative views in religion, of novel..... More

Price: $150.00

[Wiley, C.H., et al.]:

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

[Raleigh? 1861]. Caption title [as issued], stitched. 15, [1 blank] pp. Old tape binding at blank inner margins of first and last pages. Scattered light foxing. Good+. Wiley was Superintendent of Common Schools in North Carolina. He and others, signing in type at the end, represent "a large number..... More

Price: $500.00

TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA. David S. Reid

Reid, David S.:

TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Reidsville [NC]: 1850. Folio broadside, 11-1/8" x 16-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Signed in type at the end, "David S. Reid. Reidsville, June 28th, 1850." Light spotting, Very Good. Reid won this election to become North Carolina's Governor. He served in that capacity from 1851-1854, and was..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Texas:

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE FILED BY DEFENDANT JNO. ADAMS, IN STATE OF TEXAS V. JNO. ADAMS, WHO IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT: "ALL OF HIS WITNESSES TO WIT S.F. STARLEY , J.M. PURDOM, ARCHIE CROMWELL AND BILL FERRELL ARE ABSENT ALL OF WHOM ARE RESIDENT CITIZENS OF NAVARRO CO. TX. DEFT EXPECTS TO PROVE BY SAID WITNESSES THAT HE ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE AND THAT HE WAS AT HIS OWN PLACE OF BUSINESS WHEN THE PARTY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED BROUGHT ON THE ATTACK AND STRUCK THE FIRST BLOW THAT THE WITNESS [sic] ARE NOT ABSENT BY THE PROCUREMENT OF DEFT. | JNO ADAMS "X" HIS MARK | SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THE 5TH DAY OF SEPT. 1882. S.H. KERR, C.C.C. NC, BY F.S. KERR, DEPUTY"

[Navarro Co., Texas]: 1882. Large folio, folded to 8" x 12-1/2" to make [2], [2 blank] pp. Lined paper with ruled margins, completely in legible ink manuscript. Motion on first two pages and signed by J.S. Kerr as Deputy Sheriff. Docketed on final page "No. 699, State of Texas vs..... More

Price: $125.00

BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF LEWIS A. MILLER, FOR LEVYING ON "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW...

[Slave Girl Louisa]:

BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF LEWIS A. MILLER, FOR LEVYING ON "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF DR. ROBERT F. BALDWIN." FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 2 FEBRUARY 1859. HAVING WON A JUDGMENT IN FREDERICK COUNTY COURT, J. FENTON JACKSON AND WILLIAM B. WALTER SOUGHT TO RECOVER IT BY SEIZING "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF DR. ROBERT F. BALDWIN." DOUBTS HAVING ARISEN AS TO THE OWNERSHIP OF LOUISA, JACKSON AND WALTER SIGN A BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF MILLER IN THE EVENT THE SEIZURE OF LOUISA PROVED UNLAWFUL. SIGNED BY JACKSON AND WALTER, WITH THE INK-DRAWN SEAL OF EACH.

Frederick County, VA: 1859. Folio broadside, 8" x 13". Completely in neat ink manuscript on lined paper. Old folds, center horizontal fold split across [archival tape repair on verso, no text loss]. Light edgewear, some dampstaining. Good+. Dr. Robert F. Baldwin [1830-1879] was a physician in Winchester, Frederick County..... More

Price: $650.00

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